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Nixon & Bull on Max Fisher and Calendar management

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 2:48 PM–2:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation416-041 on Tape 416StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 2:48 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 2:49 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-041 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly conferred to clarify the scheduling of an upcoming appointment following a 3:00 p.m. meeting with Max Fisher. The exchange served to reconcile the President's calendar and confirm the sequence of his afternoon engagements. No major policy decisions were reached, as the discussion remained strictly limited to administrative coordination.

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Yeah.
What is it that, uh, we had, uh, right after Max?
Oh, yeah.
Max was three o'clock.
Oh, yeah.
There's something there, too.

NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:48 pm to 2:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-041 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 416-41

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 2:48 pm-2:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 37-120]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 416-041, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-041 (accessed October 1, 2026).